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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Midwife's Apprentice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilbert Gray-Head teach Alyce in Chapter 7?
(a) Woodworking.
(b) How to milk a cow.
(c) Midwifery.
(d) Weaving.

2. What month is it in Chapter 11?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

3. How does Alyce feel about seeing Will in Chapter 13?
(a) She is thrilled.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is terrified.

4. Why does Jane become angry in Chapter 11?
(a) Alyce drops an important ointment all over the floor.
(b) Someone wants Alyce to be their midwife instead of Jane.
(c) Jane burns her throat on some soup Alyce makes.
(d) Alyce forgets to wake Jane up at a certain time.

5. How does Alyce treat Joan during her labor?
(a) Just as Jane would.
(b) Like a child.
(c) She soothes her and speaks kindly.
(d) Roughly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Will's friends do when he falls in the water in Chapter 6?

2. What shift takes place that Jane does not notice?

3. Who is John Dark?

4. Who stops the boys in the village from taunting the protagonist in Chapter 1?

5. How is John Dark described?

(see the answer key)

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